Guinea and Laos Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Laos
Leader
President: Alpha Conde	President: Choummaly Sayasone
Population
10,884,958	6,586,266
Life Expectancy
58.610 years	62.770 years
Capital City
	Vientiane (Viangchan)
Largest city
Camayenne (population: 1,871,240)	Vientiane (population: 196,731)
Human Development Index
0.423	0.608
GDP per capita
	$2,700 US
Literacy Rate
29.5%	68.7%
Corruption Perception Index
1.6	2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.3%	25.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	2.500%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	Communist state
Independence date
	19 July 1949 (from France)
Religions
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%	Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
Languages
French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Exports
	wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold
External Debt
	$5,953,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	kips (LAK) per US dollar - 8,760.69 (2008 est.), 9,658 (2007), 10,235 (2006), 10,820 (2005), 10,585.5 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone	Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
Area
245,857 km sq	236,800 km sq
Coastline
320 km	0 km
Climate
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds	tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)

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